Humanity in the
modern age, treat celebrities like their predecessors of the old days treated
their gods. It seems that human beings have to have something to idolize, look
up to, admire, wish to be like or live their lives for.
Celebrities are the new age obsession of
modern man, who once built altars and brought offerings to their gods, the
modern day devotee (fan) now does the same, purchasing their pictures, videos,
music in a frenzied state of wanting to be next to them, if only through a
conduit.
The Modern day
Priest is the peddler of these New Age Celebrities Gods. They pose as media
moguls, press agents, producers and distributors of the mania that consumes the
fans. These modern day idolaters scream, dance, sweat and cry over the
"gods" they chose and keep their gods amply supplied with all the
modern conveniences, and sometimes so modern, their "gods" can live
in full furnished multimillion dollar homes.
Like any religion,
the worshippers keep the Gods and their Mediators in power as the devotee
depletes his resources just for one more favor or act of kindness towards them.
These acts of kindness maybe inclusive of but not exclusive of, autographs,
pictures, handshakes, special tokens and VIP seating at a gala affair.
When the devotee
sees, reads or experiences the lives of their gods, they are energized living
through their imagine world, or lack there of. They are excited by the
challenges, the scandals, the lies, the deceit that shrouds their gods, because
in order for their god to exist in the world of Celebrities they must face
these and many other obstacles of success and/or failure. The Modern day
devotee(fan) takes the life of the Celebrity in full scale of it's own life,
moving and progressing along as the God would demand of them. Dare they fall in
the disfavor of their Gods or other devotees find them trifling.
Some devotees become
so obsessed they will kill for their god, or kill their god itself, destroying
its life, history and perchance its effect on any other devotee other than
they.
Perhaps this is a
displace madness, an obsession generated by the total lack of self ownership
and self power. Perhaps the Celebrities while only temporary give the devotee
the moment in time where they can feel overwhelmingly powerful and completely
divorced from their miserable lives or completely disconnected from the
miserable lives their very Gods live.
It is part of the
social construct. Children see parents as gods, infallible and invincible, and
as adults this lifelike onus is given to the Celebrity of their own choosing.
In the realm of Celebrity worship, there are no boundaries as anything that would
prove disconcerting to another can be hidden in the privacy of the devotees
home, away from the scrutiny of any onlooker.
Devotees can get
into fierce verbal battles with other devotees of other Gods, and like the
Gladiators of old, can fight to the teeth about their particular god and its
"well deserved" greatness and power.
Like any usurpation
of power handed over freely or forcefully taken, the taker is as much a victim
as the giver. The co-dependency of this relationship between the Devotee and
the God, keep them inexorably bound to each other creating a life long dance
of fierce passion and need to give the each other validation. The concert hall,
theater, stadium or fan club is the Church of the Celebrities. The devotees
attend these churches religiously and participate in the ritual celebration of
their Gods.
The question to me
becomes, what is missing from the human psyche that such props are needed? How
has humanity come to this? And what is missing inside of the human being that
this type of attribution of power is needed to be given to an "Idol"
or object of their devotion. How is it that the social construct supports and
promotes this type of mania?
Will Smith, Jada Pinkett Smith divorce: Lawyer Laura Wasser reportedly retained by Jada
The magazine is reporting that Jada Smith recently met with celebrity divorce lawyer Laura Wasser, who has represented the likes of Britney Spears, Maria Shriver, and Kim Kardashian.
A source tells In Touch that Smith has “finally begun to take steps to dissolve their marriage,” even reportedly turning down a role in Keanu Reeves directorial debut to spend time with her kids during this “difficult time.”
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